Twisting and doubling machine.



N0. 682,947. Patented Sept. I7, |90I.

F. MEYER.

TWISTING AND DOUBLING MACHINE.

(Application filed Apr. 23; 1900.)

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Patented Sept. I7, I90I.

F. MEYER. TWISTING AND DOUBLING MACHINE.

(Application led Apr. 23. 1900.)

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(No Model.)

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ATTORNEYS'A NITED STATES PATENT '7 OFFICE..v

FLORIAN MEYER, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO4 FREDERICK L. ATHERTON, OF SAME PLACE.

TWISTING AND DOUBLING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,947, dated September 17, 1.901.

Application filed April 23, 1900,

invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which for a part of this specification.

l This invention relates to twisting and dou'- bling machines; and it consists in an improved machine of this nature constructed substantially as hereinafter particularly described and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim. v

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View in front elevation of my improved doubling and twisting machine. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of one end of the machine. Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of the upper portion of the other end thereof. Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate a detail of the invention involving a certain bobbin-holding device, Fig. 4 being a side view of the device, which isshown as holding a bobbin, and Fig. 5 being a view in elevation of'said device; and

IFig. 6 shows a modified form of said bobbinholding device. l

In the drawings, a designates the uprights or standards of the machine-frame, the same being connected and braced at their upper ends by rails b c and also by cross-bars d, secured one above the other to theinclined rear edges of said uprights and serving as means to which to secure vertical stri ps @,upon which are arranged skewers f for bobbins g.

In view of what has j ust been stated it will be observed thatI combine with the frame of my machine and as a portion thereof a creel for holding the delivery-bobbins. Above the.

creel is arranged a glass bar 7i, the same being supported by arms t', projecting from the top of the frame.

In bearing-'blocks y' on the tops of the upo 'rights or standards a is journaled a horizontal shaft lt, and to the beam b are secured Serial No.'13,858. (No model.)

roller n,- the one being provided near its ends with peripheral flanges q and the other with peripheral grooves r, adapted to receive said flanges. Since each roller o rests upon the corresponding roller n,- any rotary movement of the latter will be impartedl to the former lto drive the same, and since the v:rollers are .provided with engaging portions. (flanges q and grooves r) said rollers will always work true with reference to each other.

s is the drive-shaft of the machine, the same vbeing journaled in the uprightsaand carry'- ing a power-receiving pulley t at one of its ends and a power-transmitting pulley u at theother of its ends, the latter being connected to a pulley c on a stub-shaft w, projecting from` the upper portion of the adjoining upright a by a crossed belt x. Power is transion y and gear z.

ZX designates horizontal rails which connect the uprights c and in'whichis journaled a series of spindles 2, having driving-whirls 3 disposed between said rails. In these rails are guided vertically and longitudinally movable rods 4, said rods being connected at their up per ends by a horizontal rail 5. Said rods and the rail together constitute a vertically-movable frame, the latter being adapted to be re= cip'rocated by levers 6, resting on cams 7, which are secured upon a horizontal shaft 8, journaled in the uprights a, said levers being fulcrumed in the uprights and suitably coupled tothe movable frame by means of clamps 9, from which projectpins l0, which the free ends of the levers receive. Each clamp consists of a split collar whose extremities l1 are adj ustably secured togetherby a thumb-screw l2. The connection between the movable frame and the levers being thus adjustable, the range of movement of the former may be altered to different elevations. The shaft 8 initted from the stub-shaft w to the shaft la through the medium of an intermesliing pinf IOO Vsr

is driven by a chain-and-sprocket connection 13 with a stub-shaft 14, projecting from the upper end of the upright remote from the gearing already described, said stub-shaft being adapted to be driven through the medium ot' gearing 15, connecting it with the shaft k. The rail 5 is penetrated by the several spindles 2, and itcarries a series of bobbins 16, which said spindles also penetrate loosely. Above the bobbins the spindles carry fliers 17, adapted to rotate therewith, so as to wind the material upon said bobbins. It should be remarked that the spindles 2 are driven from sheaves 1S, carried on the shaft s, through the medium of bands 19. f In order to prevent the bobbins from moving verti- -cally and also to prevent their normal rotation, I form in the lower iange of each of them a peripheral groove 20, that is adapted to engage a certain holding device, such as those shown in Figs. 4 to 6. One form of this device consists of a cross-shaped metallic clip j v2l, having a central orifice 22 for the reception of one of the spindles 2 and having the extremities of its arms 23 turned upwardly in the shape of angular projections 24, which are adapted to engage the peripheral grooves of the bobbin-flange, as shown in Fig. 4. This plate may be secured on the rail 5 by means of screws 25 or in any other desired manner. If desired, and as shown in Fig. 6,

it may consist of two crossed plates 26, hav-4 ing registering openings 27 for the securingsc'rews 25, this device being otherwise substantially like that already described.

j It is thought that'the operation of the niaohine will be understood without description,

it being only necessary to remark that the threads 32 extend from the delivery-bobbins iirst over the glass bar h, then through suitable thread-guides 33 on the beam b, then under and around the rollers n, then over and around the rollers o, and thendown through eyelets 34 on the beam c, through the eyelets of the hier, and onto the bobbins, being meantime doubled and twisted and While being Wound on the bobbins being given a traverse motion by the motion of the reciprocating frame, so as to be laid evenly on said bobbins, all in the usual manner. 1 Y

Having thus fully described'my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a spinning-machine, the combination of a supportingframe, rails arranged one above the other in said frame, spindles j curnaled in said rails, a vertically-reciprocating frame' guided by said rails, spring-clips secured to the reciprocating frame, and bobbns secured to the frame by said clips to'thereby enable the frame to positively move the bobbin lengthwise ofthe spindles, as the frame is reciprocated. j

2. In a spinning-machine, a supportingframe having bobbin-skewers fixed thereto and carrying the operating parts, a plurality of rails connecting the side framing, a vertically-reciprocating frame guided by each of said rails and having metallic clips with upwardl y-proj ectin g arms secured thereto adapted to engage bobbins to cause them to move 4 with said frame, and means to operate said vertically-reciprocating frame, comprising a FLORIAN MEYER.

Witnesses:

ALFRED GARTNER, JOHN W. STEWARD. 

